The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-03-18

Horrible RAILROAD ACCIDEST.-Boston,
March IA terrible accident occurred this
morning on the Dclham branch of the Boston
and Providence Railroad, between Forest Hill
and Roslindalc, at what is known as Bussey
Park bridge. The o'clock train from Ded-
ham, consisting of seven cars and baggage
oar, under the charge Of Conductor Tildcn.
broke through the bridge. Tho engine and
three cars wont over sefey, but the five others
fell through the bridge TO the road beneath,
q distance of thirty feet. The last car, which
was the smoker, turned completely over and
struck on top Of the others, all being crushed.
1t is stated that the bridge 10 com para'ivcy r
new one, and that the accident was caused by
n truck on one Of the cars giving away, causing
the car to strike against an abutment of the
bridge. The smoking car, after it fell, caught
fire, but the fire department was promptly on
hand AMI prevented any spread Of the flames.
The bodies of the dead have all been re-
moved. Some Of tho wounded are at tho hos
pital, and some have been taken home, 50 that
it is very difficult to ascertain their names and
the extent of their I'M uries at the present time.
The train was crowded with working people,
and the most intense excitement prevails among
their friends, who are anxious TO learn the
names of those killed and injured.
The engineer, when the engine broke from
the train, kept right OH to Forest Hill and
gave the alarm Instead Of stopping to ascertain
the extent Of the accident, and on that account
it was impossible to got assistance at once.
HORRORS or THE SCENE.
At n late hour in the day, the work Of
removing the wreck was progressing, addition
al evidences, were founI of the terrible nature
of the disaster In some places wero fragments
OF flesh pieces Of clothing which had belong
c To some victim whose remains had been pre-
viousiy renewed to the morgue. There was
blood over everything, scarcely splinter being
removed that was not stained with the blood Of
the victims. Most of the pieces Of clothing
found were garments of women, the number Of
whom Oh the train was much larger than that
of the men, and Tie fatality among them WAS
prOp0rtionatcly greater In place the
bodies Of seven women were taken ont TN n
row, all horribly manglcl. One woman wns
cut completely in two, tho upper half of her
body only being found. \ pathetic sight wa,
that of two girls, with arms around one nnoth-
or, clingng together in the embrace of death
Beth had tcom killed by blows upon the head.
In many instances axes aui crowharS were
necessary in order to FREQ persons vino were
pinioncd in the wreck. In two cases it wa,
necessary TO cut tw, Gf the bodies in order Ia
get them cut They were already crushed out
of any scmbnncC To human shape and 81
tightly wedgci in, that they could he removed
in no other way, One od lady was taken from
"A car uriniurcd. but with her clothing torn 10
shre,!s and presenting generally iorlorn np-
pcnrancr. She said that the women in her
car seemed Ia hr panic stricken. AZ the mo-
mcnt the crash came they all screamed md
shouted, praying for release. She saw one
woman dyir,: in ~ scat while another woman
hal her hroi riil"wcd on the dying woman )
brcrsi. The hcallcSs trunk of woman WAS
found among the tangc iron and cars few
feet away. \ man was run through and
through hy spliutcrs from the bottom Of the car.